Psst! The N91 is almost here…


And it’s about time!

Nokia N91We’ve been salivating all over the Nokia N91 since we first saw it at a sneak peak early last year. And for good reason — this Series 60 phone features an onboard 4GB hard drive, music player capabilities, 3G, an Opera-based browser, mini-USB port, a 2 megapixel camera that takes MPEG-4 videos, Bluetooth… and WiFi!

And it’s finally coming out locally this April, along with the Nokia N71 and the N80.

But yes it has been a year. So the question now is: Is the N91 still as exciting as it was when we first laid our eyes on it?

Honestly, the problem is the onboard hard drive. Back in early 2005, in a world where the Palm LifeDrive was the king of the hill, having a 4GB hard drive onboard made a lot of sense. And people swooned so much over having this much storage that they were willing to overlook a device’s looking like a tub of lard.

But in a post-nano world, the market may have become just a little bit too jaded already. Nowadays, an onboard hard drive will be fine, and you will be willing to live with your device’s bulk, provided that it offers at least 20GB of memory. The iPod nano has taught us that a really slim gadget can offer 4GB of memory without any significant performance hit.

But a really bulky device with just 4GB? You might be better off stuffing an N70 with the largest-capacity RS-MMC card you can find and using it as your MP3 player. Either that, or just get a flash-based MP3 player and get it over with.

The N91 still has one trump card, though, and that is its built-in 802.11b WiFi capability. You can use the N91 as a network drive, sharing or sucking up MP3 files and other media to and from your PCs. And even more interesting, you can use this phone to surf the net cheaply at broadband speeds. Just hop into any WiFi hotspot and you can surf to your heart’s content. And it’s this feature that may give the N91 back much of its cachet.

April is just around the corner. Hmmm…

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Written by:
Allan
Posted on:
3/11/2006 at 9:38 am

If they had released it earlier, then maybe it would have stood out and garnered a following, if not a hefty bulk of the market who would want to get thair hands on a first-of-a-kind device. Unfortunately, that late release paved the way for other devices with newer technology to come out. Though not direct competitors with the N91, those devices seem to be more appealing now than the N91 because of its more advanced technology and functionality. Plus, as compared to the two othe N series phone, this one looks like beast with it from factor, sixe and all the buttons to choose from.

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Kenneth Tan
Posted on:
5/13/2006 at 2:48 pm

Hi! I am disappointed with the review you posted because I am always look out for reviews specially the N80 and I have read it before in another website. Which means that you are just copying it and posting it in your website, as if you were the one making it…

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ALICE LIU
Posted on:
9/21/2006 at 10:11 am

Got an N91 last June for P34k. Terribly disappointed with it’s performance. It hangs constantly. You would think such an expensive phone would perform better. Complained to Nokia site and was just told that I may be switching between applications too fast. Huh? Let’s face it. This phone did not live up to all the mktg hype they released. Sold my phone at half the price after 2 months. Wala pang takers…. That’s it. I’m going back to Sony Ericsson phones. I’ve already met 8 other people with equal disappointment over the product… don’t buy the N91.